Hat retaining and ventilating means.



R. D. BAKER.

HAT RETAINING AND VENTILATING MEANS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAB.11,I909.

'4 942,3()3. Patented DSC11909.

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HAT RETAINING AND VENTILATNG MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1909.

Application filed March 11, 1909. Serial No. 482,649.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT D. BAKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Retaining and Ventilating Means, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

ln Ventilating devices for hats, perfora tions are made in the crown or sides, or else a false sweat band is placed within the regular band with intervals of varying size or form separating them, thus necessitating that the wearer have a hat larger than the ordinary one he usually wears.

This invention relates to a combined retaining and Ventilating device adapted to the regular size of hat worn by a person, that provides good ventilation and also relieves the scalp from pressure that cuts off circulation.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View of a hat provided with a ventilator embodying features of the invention, Fig. 2 is a view in detail of a retaining strip, Fig. 3 is a view in detail of a guide, Fig. l; is a view in detail showing a method of securing the parts in position.

Referring to the drawings, a hat l of conventional type with outer hat band 2 has a sweat band 3 which is provided with a pair of transverse slots 4 at each end of the hat near the lower edge, preferably slightly oblique thereto. The ends of a strip 5 of spring material, such as whale bone, steel ribbon or corset stay, are inserted in each pair of slots and, in normal position, the strips form chords across the curves of the sweat band. To prevent endwise movement the strip may have its central portion covered by light leather or other suitable 'material, the shoulders thus formed retaining the strips from slipping through the slots.

As a preferred form of construction, the slots are reinforced by hollow guides 6 of suitable material which are inserted through the slots and secured by tongues or spurs 7 at one end passed through the hat body and clenched down under the hat band. These guides may conveniently be made of a thin sheet folded upon itself to form a flat tube, with the spurs formed integrally therewith. The hat band is also preferably cut away between the slots so that the strips are flush with the band when pressed down.

ln ordinary use, the wearer places the hat upon his head and settles it in place as usual, the strips conforming to the sweat band and acting as retaining means for holding it in place. l'lf warm, the wearer raises the hat slightly, the strips straighten out and support the hat a little distance above the usual place, the intervals thus formed between the head and band forming air passages for ventilation, and the hat touching the head at several points only and thus allowing free circulation about the scalp under the sweat band. A Ventilating interval between the head and hat is thus formed without the use of a hat larger in size than that regularly worn by a person, as is the case with ventilating devices of this type heretofore made, so far as known to me.

A strip at one end of the hat only may be used, and obviously changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not care to limit myself to any particular form or arrangement of parts.

What I claim as my invention is :G

l. A device for the purposes specified com prising the combination with a hat having a sweat band, of a spring strip whose ends are inserted in transverse slots in the sweat band near the end of the hat, said strip being adapted to conform to and lie Hush against the sweat band when the hat is placed firmly in position, and to stand apart from the band when released, and a covering for the strip between the slots adapted to prevent displacement of the strip.

2. The combination with a hat having a sweat band provided with a pair of transverse slots near each end of the hat., and an outer hat band, of a hollow guide inserted in each slot and secured at its inner end by spurs passing through the hat under the hat band, and a Spring Strip at each end of the In testlnon)7 whereof I ax my signature hat Whose ends pass through the adjacent in presence of two Witnesses. oal of guides, the Strips en ch having an en- ROBERT D. BAKER arged body to Correspond 1n contour to the 5 guides, and the sweat band being slightly VtHeSSeS:

cut away between each pair of slots to re- OTTO F. BARTHEL, eeve the strips when the hat is in place. C. R. STICKNEY. 

